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Tourists take pictures at the Taj Mahal which reopened on September 21, 2020. A study has found that much of the spread of Covid-19 was traceable to travel from Dubai and UK. (Representational image: AFP)

Travellers from Dubai, UK contributed maximum to COVID-19 spread in...

Covid spread from Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Kerala, J&K was more vigorous

27 Sept 2020 4:50 PM IST

File photo shows P Jeyaraj and his son Fennix, who died at police custody on June 23 with relatives alleging that they were severely thrashed at the Sathankulam police station. PTI photo

CBI chargesheets nine policemen in Sathankulam custodial death case

The ghastly crime had triggered a massive outrage prompting the chief minister to seek a CBI probe in the matter.

26 Sept 2020 8:07 PM IST

Prime Minister Modi in the pre-recorded message. (ANI)

In virtual UN General Assembly meet, Modi flays UN over corona...

He addressed the landmark 75th session of the UN General Assembly through a pre-recorded video statement

26 Sept 2020 7:45 PM IST

Hyderabad: A view of flood-hit Jillelaguda area following heavy rains in Hyderabad, Saturday. (PTI)

Rains lash Telangana; all District Collectors told to remain on alert

Water stagnation was witnessed at several low-lying areas across the state due to overflowing of tanks and canals,...

26 Sept 2020 6:30 PM IST

Government has said that interest on delayed payment of goods and services tax (GST) will be charged on net tax liability with effect from September 1. (Representative Image)

Scam in the making? Centre used GST compensation cess elsewhere,...

The CAG flagged that the amount was to be creditsed to the non-lapsable GST Compensation Cess collection fund

25 Sept 2020 8:42 PM IST

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NIA convicts Kerala man who joined Islamic State before returning home

Haja returned to India in October 2016 and was arrested by the NIA that same month.

25 Sept 2020 8:15 PM IST

A farmer during Bharat Bandh, a protest against the farm bills passed in Parliament recently, in Bengaluru, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. (PTI Photo)

Farmers across India rise up against Centre-'s farm bills; Opposition...

The principal Opposition party, Congress, alleged that the new agriculture laws will -"enslave-" farmers

25 Sept 2020 7:15 PM IST

A fighter aircraft carrying out air operations at a forward airbase near India-China border on Saturday. (AFP Photo)

India stresses on mutually agreed reciprocal actions to cool Ladakh...

Sixth meeting gave Senior Commanders an opportunity to have in-depth exchanges of views on stabilizing the situation...

25 Sept 2020 2:09 PM IST

An army convoy carrying military material on its way to Ladakh amid border tension with China, at Manali-Leh highway, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020. (PTI Photo)

India tells China: We will discuss A to Z, not just south bank of...

Sources said that China is not ready to accept that it first transgressed across the line of actual control (LAC)

25 Sept 2020 11:08 AM IST

Kashmiri lawyer Syed Babar Qadri, a prominent TV panellist, was shot dead in central Srinagar.

Lawyer, TV panellist Babar Qadri shot dead in Kashmir

Syed Babar Qadri had written about a threat to his life on Twitter

24 Sept 2020 10:24 PM IST

A health official takes a swab sample from a woman for COVID testing. AFP photo

Kerala crosses 5000 mark in daily cases for the first time

With this the total number of cases reported in Kerala so far has gone up to 1,48,132 of which 1,04,682 have recovered

24 Sept 2020 1:39 PM IST

Smoke rises after a mortar shell was fired by Pakistani Army near the Line of Control (LoC), in Balakot sector of Poonch district. PTI photo

Two Pakistan soldiers killed in renewed skirmishes along LoC

The ISPR alleged that there have been as many as 2,333 ceasefire violations by Indian troops in 2020

24 Sept 2020 11:21 AM IST